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Natural supplements can be dangerously contaminated, or not even have the specified ingredients
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1925" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/natural-supplements-can-be-dangerously-contaminated-or-not-even-have-the-specified-ingredients-131021" target="_blank"><strong>Natural supplements can be dangerously contaminated, or not even have the specified ingredients - The Conversation</strong></a></p><p></p><p>More than two-thirds of Americans take dietary supplements. The vast majority of consumers – 84% – <a href="https://www.crnusa.org/CRN-consumersurvey-archives/2015/" target="_blank">are confident</a> the products are safe and effective.</p><p></p><p>They should not be so trusting.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lWAD9d8AAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">I’m</a> a professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Connecticut. As described in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/1060028019900504" target="_blank">my new article</a> in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy, consumers take real risks if they use diet supplements not independently verified by reputable outside labs.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>What are the risks?</strong></p><p></p><p>Heavy metals, which are known to cause <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4427717/" target="_blank">cancer, dementia and brittle bones</a>, contaminate many diet supplements. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049676" target="_blank">One study of 121 products</a> revealed 5% of them surpassed the safe daily consumption limit for arsenic. Two percent had excess lead, cadmium and aluminum; and 1% had too much mercury. <a href="https://www.fda.gov/food/dietary-supplement-products-ingredients/fda-advises-consumers-stop-using-certain-life-rising-dietary-supplements" target="_blank">In June 2019</a>, the Food and Drug Administration seized 300,000 dietary supplement bottles because their pills contained excessive lead levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1925, member: 1"] [URL='https://theconversation.com/natural-supplements-can-be-dangerously-contaminated-or-not-even-have-the-specified-ingredients-131021'][B]Natural supplements can be dangerously contaminated, or not even have the specified ingredients - The Conversation[/B][/URL] More than two-thirds of Americans take dietary supplements. The vast majority of consumers – 84% – [URL='https://www.crnusa.org/CRN-consumersurvey-archives/2015/']are confident[/URL] the products are safe and effective. They should not be so trusting. [URL='https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lWAD9d8AAAAJ&hl=en']I’m[/URL] a professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Connecticut. As described in [URL='https://doi.org/10.1177/1060028019900504']my new article[/URL] in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy, consumers take real risks if they use diet supplements not independently verified by reputable outside labs. [B] What are the risks?[/B] Heavy metals, which are known to cause [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4427717/']cancer, dementia and brittle bones[/URL], contaminate many diet supplements. [URL='https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049676']One study of 121 products[/URL] revealed 5% of them surpassed the safe daily consumption limit for arsenic. Two percent had excess lead, cadmium and aluminum; and 1% had too much mercury. [URL='https://www.fda.gov/food/dietary-supplement-products-ingredients/fda-advises-consumers-stop-using-certain-life-rising-dietary-supplements']In June 2019[/URL], the Food and Drug Administration seized 300,000 dietary supplement bottles because their pills contained excessive lead levels. [/QUOTE]
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